1993 19 16v Turbo - Cancelled

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Ok, where do i start...

I decided about 2 months ago i could either sell my 19 or make it into somethin a little bit special. Figurin that the car was worth fuck all to anyone except me (and the fact i had very little money ) makin it in somethin different seemed like the best idea.

The thoughts of a turbo'd 19 proved too much and thats what i decided. After some lookin on this wonderful thing they call 'the net' i found Fastchip. Who just happen to make a kit for VERY reasonable money.

To cut a long story short, lots of mails came from/went to Henk at Fastchip and the cash was paid...

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Here's pics of some of the stuff i've got so far

New Garrett T25

New Manifold

Thicker Kevlar Head Gasket

Higher Rated Injectors

200Kpa Map Sensor

Oil return lines for the turbo

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Now to the updates with some pictures All the pics were took with my phone BTW so excuse the quality

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06/03/2003
Work starts with the removal of the bonnet. Thats Shane (aka 'Wee Man') or the left and Grif (aka 'The Artful Bodger') on the right.

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09/03/2003
A few nights down and its not lookin much different but its our first time takin an engine out and its strictly a spare time only job!

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11/03/2003
Ah the moment we've all been waiting for

It looks kinda weird in here now

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12/03/2003
Here's a pic of me engine (upside down with sump removed)

Here's one of me gearbox, i'll have to give that a clean before it goes back in!

Here's the head after strippin it down, that'll be gettin a good clean to get all the carbon off

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19/03/2003
Had a few days off for paddy's day Smile

A few more pics of my poor engine

Here's my bare block, i'm gonna sand it down and paint it

Four bloody holes in me block, i'll have to get them sorted!

The head cleaned up well, grindin in the valves here.

One of me pistons and rods, i have to get the pistons machined to lower the compression ratio

My crank, everythin is in surprisingly good condition

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25/03/2003

Haven't done alot lately, we've just been cleanin up a few bits and pieces

I sanded and painted the block while it was stripped

Managed to get the bastard gearbox split too, that was a pain in the arse

I'm gettin worried about these bits that are lyin around, if you can identify any of them please do tell!

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04/04/2003

Haven't been able to do a thing since the last update cos of an unnamed performance company's delay in sending parts Sad

The rest of the main turbo kit bits arrived today which was well cool

New Intercooler, bigger than i thought it would be

The downpipe, lovely bit of kit

Got 3 of these, genuine renault 5 turbo pipes

Ah the all important chip

Oil feed for the turbo

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

As you can see by the dates in the above post there has been a big delay in the project!

We are slowly gettin back on track and work should resume shortly.

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Biggest change in plan now is the addition of a Pace Charge-Cooler instead of the supplied intercooler, pics to follow shortly.

I chose a charge-cooler because its is better suited to the short sprint driving i do. It doesn't need a steady flow of air to keep the charge temps down like an intercooler

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Sadly this project is to come to an end.

I'm selling off the bits that i have so if you take a look in the for sale section you might see somethin of interest.

Its been one hell of a year since if started at it and i would've loved more than anything to have got it finished but its gone on too long and i've decided rather than spend more money on trying to finish it i'll try and get back some of what i put into it and start afresh.

I know it seems like i'm giving up right at the end but to be honest i just can't face it anymore.

Sad

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Started strippin the beast today, following discovery of a twisted chassis leg i decided theres not much point keeping it

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

So far i've taken my leather seats, carkits, xrd, headlights, drivers window regulator, grille and front koni's off.

I would have taken the rear koni's out but i need to put some standard ones in there place, it started rainin just after i took the front shocks out of my scraped diesel 19 was didn't bother with the rears.

I still want to get the wishbones and front disks (black diamond) off but since i need to keep the car mobile for the time being they'll have to say on

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Car is bein scraped tomorrow so had to take the rest of the stuff off. Namely the exhaust, front hubs, wheels and dash clocks.

Due to an error in calculations i managed to crush an axle stand Laughing

Here's how she looks at the minute, last day with me Crying or Very sad

Retroholic Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 5685

Quick pic i found of it just before she left me!